Router Netgear question

debitcardmayhem

Ladywriter1968 wrote: »

does not have maintenance on the list.

OK I read the manual and found

From the Maintenance heading of the Main Menu, select the Backup Settings menu as seen in
Figure 6-1.

But I can't find a piccy yet

Ladywriter1968

John_Gray wrote: »

Our work Netgear FVS114 has the settings backup function under Settings Backup (surprise?!), which is a sub-menu to Maintenance. Yours should be similar (but check through the manual if baffled!).

it has back up settings to save a file with all the info on, but no maintenance, i will just have to read the whole thing again I guess.

GunJack

John_Gray wrote: »

Actually I've thought of a problem you would get, because you can't install the two routers on the same network, because both would be fighting over the same IP address 192.168.0.1 !

Overcoming this problem might be somewhat difficult, but it would involve (temporarily) changing the IP address of the newer router... Perhaps leave this second router until you become familiar with all the configured admin pages of the original?

think you're reading too much into this - all the OP wants is a SPARE router in case anything happens to theirs.....get it set up for their ISP/connection, then put it away until needed, not use both on the same line at the same time

Ladywriter1968

I have one more question regarding current router, just been watching a video. which is interesting.

My
Encapsulation is set to this. PPPoe
but the man on the video said that most in uk are set to
PPoA ATM one,

Now when I click on the PPoa ATM one obviously that is blank as it was set up on the other one?

Does this matter that its set up on PPPoe one then?
next
if I also set up on PPoa ATM as well, will it mess up the router?

the person who originally set it up for me did all this see.

GunJack

in most cases it probably won't matter...try it and see if you can still access the 'net - you can always change it back after if it don't work. Most UK ISPs are PPPoE or A, there's the odd one (like sky) that have moved to MER

closed

Don't understand why you need a spare router, unless you are very unlucky, it will probably go on working forever.

ISP's give them out for free, especially if you move provider, every pc shop sells them in the unlikely event you need one quickly.

If you really are going to buy another one of the same model, go into router config, backup settings, then same screen for the new one, restore saved settings from a file.

John_Gray

GunJack wrote: »

think you're reading too much into this - all the OP wants is a SPARE router in case anything happens to theirs.....get it set up for their ISP/connection, then put it away until needed, not use both on the same line at the same time

Not really - I was suggesting that the OP should check on the firmware levels of both routers - then found a good reason why she couldn't easily!

GunJack

John_Gray wrote: »

Not really - I was suggesting that the OP should check on the firmware levels of both routers - then found a good reason why she couldn't easily!

why not ?? you don't need to plug the router into the phone line to check it's settings, just power it on and hook up computer to it to access the config pages. The term web-based interface just means the config pages open in a browser-type window, the address will still be 192.168.0.1 - no need at all for 'net access to do this....

GunJack

closed wrote: »

Don't understand why you need a spare router, unless you are very unlucky, it will probably go on working forever.

ISP's give them out for free, especially if you move provider, every pc shop sells them in the unlikely event you need one quickly.

If you really are going to buy another one of the same model, go into router config, backup settings, then same screen for the new one, restore saved settings from a file.

it's ALWAYS worth having a spare router to hand, if for nowt else other than confirming your current one is/is not duff. Plus, the best methods of tech support from ISPs tend to be from the online parts....darn difficult to access if your one and only router has bitten the dust......

IMHO, it's also worth running a router that works with DMT or RuterStats so you can monitor your line's behaviour (invaluable for fault diagnosis) and tweak it's performance

ChiefGrasscutter

It is also one of the std questions from ISP's when things start to go wrong with the broadband to eliminate all internal wiring etc issues within the house and prove its the BT network side
So they ask you to:

1. use master test socket in NTE5
2. Change micro filters
3. Use/borrow/beg a different router

My ISP only gives them out for free (not including P&P) if you contract into the broadband service for a certain time.